The Power of Community Mapping for Indigenous, Campus and Community Research and Partnerships

When it comes to effective community-university partnerships, we often lack the means to mobilize existing knowledge and community assets in order to jointly identify bottlenecks, envision solutions, and act together. Community mapping is a vital approach and technique that can re-present land, lived experience and wisdom. Bringing together citizens to share knowledge about the places they live, community mapping has a track record of improving community cohesion, increasing democratic participation and engaging youth, seniors and other citizens in planning.

Come learn more about the power of community mapping on Thursday, November 5. During this free, public event, leaders from communities, Universities and First Nations groups will speak about their perspectives and experiences with community maps. The keynote speaker and response panel will be followed by a Q&A and then an opportunity to mingle with other community mapping enthusiasts at an informal reception in MB 3.130 starting at 8:30 p.m.

Welcome Song and Story

• John Elliott: WSANEC (Tsartlip Nation) cultural and language leader.
  

Keynote Speaker

• Jon Corbett: Associate Professor in Community, Culture and Global Studies at UBC Okanagan and co-director of the Centre for Social, Spatial, and Economic Justice, Jon uses community mapping around the world as an engaged research method for social justice, participatory planning and indigenous rights.
  

Response Panel

• Wendy Brawer: Based in New York, Wendy is the creator and director of the Green Map system and a renowned leader in global sustainability and eco-urban design and planning. There are over 900 Green Map projects around the world.
• Marilyn Van Bibber: Research Associate of the Arctic Institute for CBR, Marilyn is an Indigenous health researcher and a member of the Wolf Clan of the Northern Tutchone people of Selkirk First Nation,in the Yukon.  Marilyn has been involved in conducting mapping research with Elders in her own community, as well as being part of the treaty making process both in the Yukon and British Columbia.
  
• Sébastien Caquard: An associate professor in the Department of Geography Planning and Environment, Sébastien’s current research explores the complex relationships between places and narratives, through the mapping of a range of fictional and real stories.